Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to substitute the underline/Bold segment in the given sentence. If there is no need to improve it, select 'no improvement required'.
How long have you being seating on this bench?
No substitution
been sitting
being sat
been seating
The given sentence is in the Present perfect continuous tense (Has/Have been + V-ing) so the verb cannot be used in 'being' form.
Hence, 'being seating' will be replaced by 'been sitting' to make the given sentence grammatically correct.
Question 2:
Direction :- Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Hautily
Evidence
Discussion
Resolute
haughtily (in an unfriendly way and seeming to consider yourself better than other people)
Question 3:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate option to fill in the blank.
We're asking them to ____________ the deadline.
increase
enlarge
extend
broaden
The verb "extend the deadline" means "make a period last longer". A deadline is a time or date before which a particular task must be finished. Deadlines are not increased, enlarged or broadened but deadlines are extended. So option d is the most appropriate answer.
Question 4:
Direction:- Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
Admittance was refused to him by the airport security.
The airport security has refused him admittance
The airport security had refused him admittance.
The airport security refused him admittance.
The airport security is refusing him admittance.
(d) The airport security refused him admittance. (Correct)
(a) The airport security is refusing him admittance. (Incorrect Tense)
(b) The airport security has refused him admittance. (Incorrect Tense)
(c) The airport security had refused him admittance. (Incorrect Tense)
Question 5:
Direction :- Select the option that can be used as a one-word substitute for the given group of words.
Animal that can live both on land and in water
arboreal
mammal
vertebrate
amphibian
Amphibian- an animal that can live both on land and in water
Vertebrate- an animal, bird, or fish that has a bone along its back (a backbone)
Mammal- an animal of the type that gives birth to live babies
Arboreal- living in trees.
Question 6:
Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
While I was sitting there (1) _________ over my failure to keep from having to spend (2) _______ glistering summer months on the freaking Cote of Azur, Grandmere started (3) __________ me from the phone. She kept (4) _________ her fingers on the phone to catch my attention. I just sat there blinking at her until finally she put her hand over the receiver and (5) _______ (so that nobody listens), "Amelia! In my bedroom, there is something for you".
4.
snapping
peering
piquing
tapping
'Tapping' means to touch or somebody/something quickly and lightly. The given passage states that she kept tapping her fingers on the phone to catch the narrator's attention. Hence, 'tapping' is the most appropriate answer.
Question 7:
Direction :- Select the INCORRECTLY spelt word.
Resolute
Hautily
Discussion
Evidence
haughtily (in an unfriendly way and seeming to consider yourself better than other people)
Question 8:
Direction :- Select the most appropriate meaning of the idiom given in Bold/Underline in the following Questions
A good turn
A helpful act
A lucky chance
A great opportunity
A pleasant experience
A good turn- a helpful act
Example: Devender did a good turn by helping that poor.
Question 9:
Direction:- Select the option that expresses the given sentence in the Active/Passive voice.
The government presented awards to eminent people.
Eminent people were being presented awards by the government.
Eminent people were presented awards by the government.
Eminent people are being presented awards by the government.
Eminent people are presented awards by the government.
(a) Eminent people were presented awards by the government. (Correct)
(b) Eminent people are presented awards by the government. (Incorrect Tense)
(c) Eminent people are being presented awards by the government. (Incorrect Tense)
(d) Eminent people were being presented awards by the government. (Incorrect Tense)
Question 10:
Direction :- In the following passage, some words have been deleted. Read the passage carefully and select the most appropriate option to fill in each blank.
While I was sitting there (1) _________ over my failure to keep from having to spend (2) _______ glistering summer months on the freaking Cote of Azur, Grandmere started (3) __________ me from the phone. She kept (4) _________ her fingers on the phone to catch my attention. I just sat there blinking at her until finally she put her hand over the receiver and (5) _______ (so that nobody listens), "Amelia! In my bedroom, there is something for you".
2.
my
ours
mine
me
'My' means belonging to me. The given passage states that I was sitting there sulking over my failure to keep from having to spend my glistering summer months.
